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Peer reviewedBurrill, Lois E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
According to studies using the Degrees of Reading Power system for estimating readability, most high school graduates cannot read at a level enabling them to understand much of what they read in newspapers, periodicals, work-related documents, or many high school texts or tests. (PGD)
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, High School Graduates, High School Students, High Schools
